Learning Focused Unit Overview

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Course: English 11 Topic: Short Fiction Days: 11-15 Days Grade(s):11

Subject Area(s): English Language Arts

Key Learning:
Writers use narrative elements to develop and structure texts to convey purpose and meaning.

Essential Unit Question:
How can a reader interpret and analyze the elements of short fiction and author’s craft in order to develop a meaningful response?

Concept:Author’s Craft
Concept:Characterization
Concept:Themes
Concept:Multiple Interpretations
Lesson Essential Questions:
-How do author’s choices of literary elements shape their writing? (RSL 3)
-How does an author’s word choice (s) impact meaning and tone in a text? (RSL 4)
-How does an author’s use of point of view impact a text? (RSL 6)
-How can a reader determine an author’s perspective and purpose in a text? (RSL 6)
-How does contextualization impact how I interpret and analyze a text? (RSL 3,6)
Lesson Essential Questions:
-How are characters introduced and developed over the course of a text? (RSL 3)
Lesson Essential Questions:
-How does an author effectively develop two or more themes in a text? (RSL 2)
Lesson Essential Questions:
- How do different versions interpret the same source text? (RSL 7)
-How do interpretations serve as mediums to translate source texts for audiences? (RSL 7)
-How does an interpretation enhance or distract a reader’s understanding of a source text? (RSL 7)
Vocabulary:
Author’s purpose
Diction
Tone
Point of view
-first person
-third person omniscient
-third person limited
Author’s Perspective
Contextualization:
1.Setting of work,
2. Publication date of work,
3. Reading date of work
Figurative Language
(simile, metaphor, symbolism, personification)
Vocabulary:
Characterization
(Indirect vs. Direct)
Narrator
Conflict
Dialogue
Dynamic/Static Character
Vocabulary:
Central idea/ Theme stem
Theme statement
Vocabulary:
Source Text
Audience
Purpose
Genre
Medium (visual/auditory)
Interpretation
Contextualization